Wheel holder



H. I. MAISON.

WHEEL HOLDER.

APPLICATION FILED MAR. 9, 1920.

1 07 332 Patented Feb. 21, 1922.

AITORNEY WITNESS:

INVENTOR PATENT OFFlCli-i HENRY I. MATSON, OF ASTORIA, OREGON.

WHEEL HOLDER.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented No.21, 1922.

Application filed March 9, 1920. Serial No. 364,474.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that L HENRY I. Manson, a citizen of the United States residing; at Astoria, in the county of Clatsop and State of Oregon, have invented new and useful lmprovements in fi "heel ll oldeis ct which the following a specification.

The V bject oi the invention is to provide simple and eflective means for holding a car wheel in position upon the trecl: rail in the operation of jacking up the journal box of a railway car for the purpose of adjusting or replacing the brasses or in repaclcing the journal box or in performing similar operations in connection with cars and their journal boxes and for which purpose it is common to use crow-banks or pry-bus and in the performance of which operc on a certain amount of risk is ordinarily involved, and which frequently cause injury one way or another to the workman or the attendants and with this object in'view the invention consists in a construction and combination of parts of which a preferred emliodiment is shown in the accompanying drawings, wherein Figure l is a side view oi the apparatus applied in the operative position to a car Wheel.

Figure 52 is an end or edge elevation of the same.

The apparatus consists essentially of an equalizing bar it), with which are connected the flanged hooks ll adapted for engagement with the wheel flange l2 and which are respectively connected with the equalizing bar by means of chains or 1S, and rail hooks or clamps 14% adapted for engage ment with the head of a rail 15 and also connected with the bar 10 by means 015 the chains or cables 16. The attachment of the rail clamp connections 16 W1 h the equalizing bar and the attachment of the flange hook or clamp connections 13 with said her are respectively at spaced points, so that when the device is applied to the wheel as indicated in Figure 1, the bar occupies at substantially horizontal position adjacent to the plane of the outer surface of the wheel with the chains 13 extending over the tread oithe wheel, and the chains 16 extending under the tread of the wheel adjacent to the plane of the rail and respectively in front and in rear of the bearing of the Wheel on the track mil, so as to enable the clamp 1a to engage 5 with the edges of the rail heads at their inner sides.

In order to adapt the device for use in connection with wheels of different diametors, a means of adjustment for the conne tions 16 is provided, the same consistin51 of hooks 17 also carried by the equalizing bar and adapted for engagement with the proper links of a Clltllll'ffOI'llllIlQ said connections 16 to the end that after having engaged the clamps 14% with the rail tread or head, the slack in the chains 16 may be telrcu up to insure a proper downward holding effect 0 the device upon the wheel during the jac up oithe journal box to loosen the be or other bearing elements.

It will be obvious from the foregoing description that the apparatus may be applied instantly to the wheel of which the journal box is to be adjusted the clamps 11 and l t respectively engaging; the wheel flange and rail head without the en'iplo ment of any securing); means and serving; effectively retain the wheel upon the track rail during the elevation of the journal box. 8-1) Moreover Whereas in the drawing and description the hooks 14 are set forth as being engaged with the rail, it will be obvious that enqagement may be made thereby with other convenient fixed object wh ch \llil so serve to prevent the rising oi the wheel from the bearing" on the rail tread such the edge of the jack block when such device is employed in this connection.

Having described the invention what 9o having an equalizing bar, wheel 1,00 clamps flexibly connected w 7 rail. clamps flexibly connected with the bar by means of chains, and hoolis carried by the bar for engagement with the linhs of said chains to determine the effective length of the latter.

In testimony whereof I aiflx my signature.

HENRY I. MATSON. 

